Jonathan Rhys Meyers has a full slate of films after The Tudors wraps
November 21, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
As The Tudors readies for its fourth and final season, star Jonathan Rhys Meyers has filled his slate with plenty of other projects.
The Irishman is getting ready for the premiere of From Paris with Love, a thriller set in France in which he co-stars with John Travolta.
The spy drama drops Feb. 5, according to Irish Central.
JRM also will begin production on another film with a Hollywood veteran attached. He’s set to appear opposite Kevin Bacon in Whole Lotta Sole.
In the comedy, he’ll play a thief who tries to rob a fish market and ends up taking Bacon’s character hostage, according to Entertainment Tonight. Sole will be shot in Belfast, keeping JRM on his home turf for a while.
That’s good news for his on-again, off-again romance with girlfriend Reena Hammer. As you can see from this photo, the couple was spotted looking happy(ish) together last week at the annual Rainforest Project event, hosted by Prince Charles in London.
As for the final season of his Showtime drama, which filmed in Ireland this summer and drops stateside in April, Rhys Meyers said by Season 4, The Tudors will deliver a leader who is less of a rogue and more of an elder statesman.
JRM told Entertainment Weekly that King Henry’s marriage to Catherine Parr (Nip/Tuck’s Joely Richardson) midway through the season isn’t about sex or political control. “It’s a more grown-up love. He’s just looking for someone who will be a good head of state,” he said.
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